Senior Category Manager – Packaging

🔥 13 hours ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $115k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Owens & Minor

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1882

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2022-03

Logistics • Consulting • Healthcare

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company that provides essential products and services to support care from the hospital to the home. The company specializes in healthcare logistics, inventory management, supply chain solutions, and infection prevention. It offers logistics solutions to reduce costs and eliminate complexities for both acute and non-acute healthcare settings. Owens & Minor is also involved in consulting, helping improve healthcare supply chains and partnerships. The company is dedicated to empowering healthcare providers and serving patients, manufacturers, and communities with its range of products and services.

📋 Description

• Develop and deliver a 12–36 month global category strategy covering flexible, rigid, corrugated, labels, and tertiary packaging • Deliver 4–5% cost savings through innovation, supply chain resilience, supplier relationships, and commodity volatility management • Work with Marketing and R&D to optimize specifications, cost leverage, operational efficiency, and sustainability outcomes • Structure and enforce transparent, index-linked agreements separating material inputs from conversion costs • Lead advanced total cost modeling incorporating yield, throughput, transportation efficiency, and disposal impacts • Track raw material trends including pulp, films, resins, and inks to secure advantageous forward positions • Expand and diversify the supplier network to strengthen resilience and ensure consistent supply • Align with Marketing, R&D, Operations, and Quality on centralized commercial governance and site-level execution • Drive recycled content, lightweighting, and simplified material formats to meet ESG objectives • Lead and coach regional procurement resources and a 1–2-person packaging-adjacent supply spend team • Build should-cost, total cost, and LPP models incorporating yield, scrap, freight, and quality • Prepare updates for senior leadership on market dynamics, supplier performance, risk posture, commodity impacts, mitigation strategies, and savings opportunities • Enforce supplier KPIs covering quality, delivery, emissions, and competitiveness

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Packaging Engineering, Business, or a related highly analytical discipline • 10+ years of progressive, global procurement experience • Proven track record managing highly complex packaging portfolios in the FMCG, chemical, or manufacturing sectors • Deep understanding of packaging manufacturing processes, including extrusion, blow molding, corrugation, and printing • Understanding of raw material index mechanisms and advanced strategic sourcing methodologies • Advanced capability in should-cost modeling, tooling analysis, and index-based contract mechanics • Analytical and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in data analysis and reporting • Experience with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle • Experience with e-procurement tools such as Coupa, Ariba, or Rosslyn • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment • Ability to adapt to changing situations, new information, and unexpected challenges • Ability to travel up to 10% • Master’s degree preferred • Multilingual capabilities, such as Mandarin or Thai, preferred • APICS or ISM certification, such as CPIM or CPSM, is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans starting on day one for full-time teammates • Educational assistance for eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program • Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage • Voluntary supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance programs • Adoption assistance • Fertility benefits through the medical plan • Parental leave • Health Savings Account (HSA) • 401(k) • Sick days and short-term leave • Holidays, vacation days, and personal days • Teammate Assistance Program (TAP) • Calm Health • Cancer Resources Services • Discount programs